DOJ admits FBI informants were at J6, none arrested

Biden issues largest act of clemency in modern history
"The president has issued more sentence commutations at this point in his presidency than any of his recent predecessors at the same point in their first terms."

Biden Quietly Commuted Sentences Of Chinese Spies
X user Nick Sortor posted that “Joe Biden just pardoned multiple Chinese spies and an individual convicted of possessing child p*rnography. WHY?” But the thing is, Biden didn’t “just” commute the sentences for these criminals — he did it quietly only days before Thanksgiving.

DOJ reveals 26 FBI informants were present on Jan. 6
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz said there were more than two dozen confidential human sources in the crowd outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but only three were assigned by the FBI to be present for the event.

Jonathan Turley Questions Why J6 FBI Informants Weren’t Charged While 1,500 Others Were Arrested
"Well, in some ways, it raises more questions than answers."

Blaze exclusive: Officer who killed Ashli Babbitt abandoned US Capitol post for card game, lied to investigators about it, source says
The U.S. Capitol Police lieutenant who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt at the Capitol on Jan. 6 was recommended for termination in 2001 for abandoning his post in the Speaker’s Office for a card game in a nearby cloakroom, then lying about it to Internal Affairs Division investigators, Blaze News has learned.

White House security official dismisses NJ drone sightings
“We have not been able to, and neither have state and local law enforcement authorities, corroborate any of the reported visual sightings,” Kirby told reporters. “Upon review of available imagery, it appears many of the reports of sightings are actually manned aircraft that are being operated lawfully.”

America's oldest federal judge, 97, desperately trying to cling onto her job as others say she's past her prime
Judge Pauline Newman was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 1985 by Ronald Reagan. But in 2023, an investigation into her mental capacity discovered "overwhelming evidence" of the judge's "memory loss, lack of comprehension, and confusion."

Trump warns bringing grocery prices down will be 'hard' but expresses optimism about doing so
“Look, they got them up. I’d like to bring them down," Trump said. "It’s hard to bring things down once they’re up. You know, it’s very hard. But I think that they will. I think that energy is going to bring them down. I think a better supply chain is going to bring them down."

Trump rings New York Stock Exchange opening bell to celebrate Time's Person of the Year cover
Surprisingly, Trump had never before rung the opening bell for the NYSE.

Emails, Phone Logs Reveal How Botched Pete Hegseth West Point Story Imploded
ProPublica boasted about its “real journalism” with the Hegseth story, but records show the publication gave a one-hour response deadline to Hegseth’s lawyer and relied on unverified statements from West Point spokespeople, only backing down when Hegseth produced proof.

Fetterman blasts Democrats’ defiance toward Trump’s Cabinet picks: ‘Doing my job’
“Trump carried Pennsylvania, and he’s gonna be the next president, and it’s all part of the conversation. That’s why I’ve decided to engage with people who are going to be incredibly important parts of the new administration.”

Trump says he's meeting with Bezos next week
"We want people working, and we want them working for a lot of money." Also, Bezos’ Amazon slated to give $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.

Nancy Pelosi's knives are out for AOC as she secretly works to destroy her plan to rise in Democrat ranks
Pelosi is reportedly working behind the scenes to put the kibosh on Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's dream of becoming the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee.

Comer backs Ocasio-Cortez for top Democrat on Oversight panel
“I tell the press when they ask about the race for ranking member, the Democrats have nowhere to go but up after having Jamie Raskin for the last four years."

Lisa Murkowski says she's 'not attached' to the Republican label
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska reportedly said she is "not attached" to the GOP label and that she would rather have "no label," and she has the RINO voting record to prove it.

Bill Clinton suggests Biden shouldn't pardon his wife — then tries to wipe her record
Although unwilling to advocate for his wife's pardon, Clinton did attempt to sanitize her record, suggesting she did nothing wrong.

FEC grows swampier with fourth chairmanship for Democrat Weintraub
The Federal Election Commission on Thursday elected Democrat Ellen Weintraub its new chief, making her a four-time chair for the agency she has been criticized for politicizing.

Trump On Musk Leading DOGE: He ‘Puts The Country Long Before His Company’
“He considers this to be his most important project ... I think he’s one of the very few people that would have the credibility to do it.”

DOGE Sets Its Sights on High-Speed Rail
What was originally expected to cost $33 billion, 75% of which would be paid for by the federal government or private funders, has ballooned to over $128 billion. In March, the then-CEO of the California High-Speed Rail Authority said the project would need roughly $100 billion more to be completed.

Senate to vote next week on restoring Social Security benefits for government workers
With the Social Security trust fund set to go insolvent in 2035, Sen. Schumer announced the Senate will vote to repeal two Social Security provisions that limit benefits for some government workers, restoring their full access to Social Security payouts at a cost of roughly $200 billion.

Court slaps down Nasdaq proposal to impose DEI standards on company boards
“We are not aware of any established rule or custom of the securities trade that saddles companies with an obligation to explain why their boards of directors do not have as much racial, gender, or sexual orientation diversity as Nasdaq would prefer.”

Egg prices may soon ‘flirt with record highs,’ supplier says
Bird flu has killed millions of chickens and reduced egg supply. That mixed with consumer egg demand peaking around Thanksgiving and Christmas means prices could approach pandemic highs.

Coffee prices climb to near 50-year highs
It could take years for one of the world’s most traded commodities to recover.

Biden Races To Sell Off Border Wall Parts Before Trump Takes Office
The Biden administration is using its final weeks to haul a massive amount of border wall materials away from the southern border to be sold off in a government auction, an apparent effort to hinder Trump’s effort to secure the border, the Daily Wire has learned.

Illinois Gov. Pritzker agrees to deport 'violent' criminal illegal aliens, meet with Trump admin
"Violent criminals who are undocumented and convicted of violent crime should be deported," Pritzker said. "I do not want them in my state; I don't think they should be in the United States." He said he would welcome a meeting with the Trump administration but claimed no one had contacted him.

Democrats Call On Biden To Tie Trump’s Hands Over US Nuclear Strike Capabilities
Two Democratic lawmakers are pushing Biden to sign on to an effort to restrict presidential authority over the use of nuclear weapons ahead of Trump taking office.

Trump: Biden letting Ukraine bomb Russian territory was 'foolish'
"We're just escalating this war and making it worse. That should not have been allowed to be done," he said.

Trump to Europe: Overseeing a Ukraine Ceasefire Would Be Your Job
President-elect tells French and Ukrainian leaders he would want European troops to be present in Ukraine.

US announces new arms aid package for Ukraine worth $500 million
White House spokesperson John Kirby said earlier the U.S. would continue to provide additional packages for Ukraine "right up to the end of this administration."

Russian 'spies' met Just Stop Oil as they plotted fake blood attack on Kazakhstan embassy
They also wanted to hire Sacha Baron Cohen to make Borat video mocking Kazakhstan and suggested creating a "gay deepfake" of the son of the president of Kazakhstan.

Mel Gibson has a message for sex traffickers
“I got nine kids. ... If one of them got stolen or trafficked or something, I’d have to kill someone,” he stated matter-of-factly at a Tuesday night event at Mar-a-Lago. Gibson is one of several executive producers for 2023's "Sound of Freedom" movie about the battle against child sex trafficking.

Daily Beast: Mel Gibson Threatens ‘to Kill Someone’ While Fearmongering at Mar-a-Lago
Gibson also called the Biden administration “four years of thinly veiled Marxism” and the incoming Trump administration as “a four year grace period,” adding “we’ll see how much this administration can claw back from the Philistines.”

Beyonce fans in shock over 'name change' after husband Jay-Z was accused of raping teen with Diddy
Beyonce has notably called herself "Mrs. Carter" for over a decade and toured under her married name. Her most recent album was also named Cowboy Carter in a nod to her married name.

Megan Fox Was ‘Blindsided’ by Machine Gun Kelly Breakup
TMZ claims that Fox’s “inner circle” has been advising her to “move on once and for all” and urging her to protect her "mental health while pregnant."

Don Lemon rails at Time magazine for naming Trump Person of the Year
Lemon, who was ousted from CNN last year, questioned whether the distinction was a "joke" or a "scam" and claimed the magazine could have chosen "anyone" for the title.

School denied student reading help because of the color of his skin
A Wisconsin school denied extra reading help to a white dyslexic student because of his race, according to a conservative legal firm.

Top DEI official at University of Michigan fired for alleged anti-Semitic comments
She is accused of saying Jewish students were “wealthy and privileged” and not in need of her office’s diversity services and that “Jewish people have no genetic DNA that would connect them to the land of Israel.” She also allegedly said that the university was “controlled by wealthy Jews.”

Beverly Hills High is MAGA country: Black teacher claims 'mob' of students in MAGA gear shouted 'f*** Kamala' on Election Day
"The profanity toward our vice president — who is part black — combined with students congregating in front of my classroom increased my fears and also the students' fears who were locked inside that room with me." Now a lawsuit reportedly is looming.

Students pull their own sting operation to catch pervert teacher sending genitalia pics on Snapchat, police say
South Dakota police said a teacher was arrested for sexual exploitation after students pretended to be underage girls on Snapchat in order to catch him in the act.

Obamacare has failed
The U.S. now spends more than $3.6 trillion on health care each year, up $1.4 trillion since Obamacare became law. The average insurance premium for a family of four now tops $25,000 a year, double what it was in 2010, as health costs have continued to rise faster than inflation.

AOC On Health Insurance CEO’s Assassination: Denying Claims Is ‘An Act Of Violence’
"Our privatized health care system" is "violent in this country," AOC claimed.

Cops arrest woman who allegedly used infamous phrase connected to accused CEO killer during phone call
A Florida woman allegedly used the words — “delay, deny, depose" — in what police say was a threat against a health insurance company over a claim denial.

CEO murderer was never a UnitedHealthcare client
"We have no indication that he was ever a client of UnitedHealthcare, but he does make mention that it is the fifth largest corporation in America, which would make it the largest health care organization in America. So that's possibly why he targeted that company."

San Francisco Police Identified Suspect In Brian Thompson Murder Days Before He Was Caught
The news comes as authorities claimed that the alleged murderer was not previously on law enforcement’s radar when he was arrested on Monday.

Scientists reveal how many minutes you lose of life every time you eat a cheeseburger, hot dog or drink a Coke
The study claims that a hot dog costs you an average of 36 minutes — and if you wash that down with a soda, you're shaving off another 12 minutes from your life.

Why Big Tech is turning to nuclear to power its energy-intensive AI ambitions
This week, Google said it would purchase power from Kairos Power, a developer of small modular reactors, to help “deliver on the progress of AI.”

Russia teams up with BRICS to create AI alliance, Putin says
Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would develop artificial intelligence with BRICS partners and other countries, in a bid to challenge the dominance of the United States in one of the most promising and crucial technologies of the 21st century.

Multiple earthquakes hit two states on 1 day — scientists fear a 'Big One' is coming
A swarm of earthquakes hit the New Madrid fault line in the Midwest on Monday. This fault is long overdue for a major quake.

Rise of the airline 'seat squatters' who'll boldly take the seat you've been assigned
"The attendant, the entirety of everyone watching in first class and I were all left speechless! This lady had just seen an open seat in first class and figured she'd see if she could get away with sitting there."

Caitlin Clark responds to backlash over white 'privilege' comments
"I try to just be real and authentic and share my truth."

Ex-UFC Champ Calls Out 'Scumbag' LeBron James For Viral 'Diddy Party' Comment
“I wanna ask LeBron, what does he mean by ‘There’s no party like a Diddy party’? ... LeBron you’re a f***ing scumbag and I hope you get locked up in the same cell with Diddy.”

NFL Star Quarterbacks Address Recent Burglaries
Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa warned criminals to “think twice” before hitting his home.